Following a hugely successful year in which he performed a week of shows at London’s iconic Soho theatre and toured the world Imran Yusuf continues the UK tour of his second show Bring The Thunder! – the sequel to his Edinburgh Comedy Award Best Newcomer nominated show, An Audience With Imran Yusuf.

The next and last chance to see him in our area this season will be at the Farnham Maltings on Wednesday November 21.

Born in Mombasa, Kenya and raised in the UK with a brief stint at school in the USA, Imran travelled much of the world including Israel/Palestine, Jordan and Saudi Arabia during the Lebanon Crisis in 2006.

His work has been inspired by this rich multicultural background, giving him a youthful, energetic and highly original voice that embodies the multi-cultural wealth that exists in modern Britain.

In 2010, Imran presented his debut solo show at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. The show was part of the Laughing Horse Free Festival and it was Imran’s intention to develop his craft and material at the Fringe whilst at the same time keeping under the radar of the UK Comedy Industry and Press.

However, word about the show got out and within a week Imran had gained the first of a collection of five-star reviews, which led to him being nominated for Best Newcomer in the Fosters Edinburgh Comedy Award (He was the first performer from the Free Festival to be nominated in the history of the awards).

Already this year he has performed at The Comedy Store in India, was a guest on The Guessing Game on BBC Radio Scotland, has performed in Cape Town and is set to become a regular guest on Meera Syal’s Asian Comedy Night for the BBC Asian Network.

Imran has also appeared on the Edinburgh Comedy Gala (BBC3) and Michael McIntyre’s Comedy Road Show (BBC1).